Hooded Plover

Charadrius cucullatus - Pluvier à camail

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Charadriidés
Genus
:
Charadrius
Species
:
cucullatus

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1818

Biometrics

Size
: 23 cm
Wingspan
: 36 à 44 cm.
Weight
: 79 à 110 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hooded Plover (Charadrius cucullatus) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Pluvier à camail,
Chorlito encapuchado,
borrelho-de-capuz-preto,
Kappenregenpfeifer,
sapkás lile,
Zwartkopplevier,
Corriere monaco,
svarthuvad pipare,
Svarthodelo,
kulík kapucňový,
kulík černohlavý,
Hættepræstekrave,
mustapäätylli,
corriol capnegre,
sieweczka czarnogłowa,
Австралийский зуёк,
ズグロチドリ,
黑头鸻,
svarthuvad strandpipare,
翎鴴,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Birds of Asia and Australia, David Alderton
Birds of Australia, Peter Rowland
Vol. 8 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-David Christie
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Avibase, Lepage Denis
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest